Jessica Batalana

See, it worked out for you from your first boyfriend to your husband. You know, the through line has been you got a birthday cake.

See, it worked out for you from your first boyfriend to your husband. You know, the through line has been you got a birthday cake.

I did. Yeah. One thing that we haven't fully acknowledged is that making a birthday cake for somebody else can feel like a high pressure situation. And so I wanted to talk to some people who have made a career out of making birthday cakes. So we have Cheryl Day, who ran the legendary Back in the Day Bakery for years in Savannah, Georgia, and Bronwyn Wyatt, the baker behind Bayou St.

I did. Yeah. One thing that we haven't fully acknowledged is that making a birthday cake for somebody else can feel like a high pressure situation. And so I wanted to talk to some people who have made a career out of making birthday cakes. So we have Cheryl Day, who ran the legendary Back in the Day Bakery for years in Savannah, Georgia, and Bronwyn Wyatt, the baker behind Bayou St.

Cakes in New Orleans, joining us on the show. And I think together, I don't know, we get into it, but they have baked like, Thousands and thousands and thousands of cakes. So if anybody knows what to do and what not to do, it's the two of them.

Cakes in New Orleans, joining us on the show. And I think together, I don't know, we get into it, but they have baked like, Thousands and thousands and thousands of cakes. So if anybody knows what to do and what not to do, it's the two of them.

Today I am joined by Cheryl Day, who ran the legendary Back in the Day Bakery for 22 years in Savannah, Georgia. She's also a best-selling cookbook author, a frequent guest on television and on podcasts. Oh, excited to be here. And she is joined by our friend Bronwyn Wyatt, the baker behind Bayou Saint Cakes in New Orleans, which she shuttered last year in favor of a new career in food writing.

Today I am joined by Cheryl Day, who ran the legendary Back in the Day Bakery for 22 years in Savannah, Georgia. She's also a best-selling cookbook author, a frequent guest on television and on podcasts. Oh, excited to be here. And she is joined by our friend Bronwyn Wyatt, the baker behind Bayou Saint Cakes in New Orleans, which she shuttered last year in favor of a new career in food writing.

She writes an amazing newsletter called Bayou Saint Newsletter. And I consider Bronwyn to be a baking trend soothsayer. So I'm really excited to have you here to sort of shed some light on what you see, you know, ahead in the world of cakes. Thank you so much for having us. So how many cakes do you guys, conservatively, how many cakes do you think you've made in your careers? Oh, my gosh.

She writes an amazing newsletter called Bayou Saint Newsletter. And I consider Bronwyn to be a baking trend soothsayer. So I'm really excited to have you here to sort of shed some light on what you see, you know, ahead in the world of cakes. Thank you so much for having us. So how many cakes do you guys, conservatively, how many cakes do you think you've made in your careers? Oh, my gosh.

Southern bakers are known for their cakes, right?

Southern bakers are known for their cakes, right?

I'm actually curious to know why you think that is, because you often hear about church cakes or Southern cakes as being sort of the archetype of a beautiful, fluffy layer cake.

I'm actually curious to know why you think that is, because you often hear about church cakes or Southern cakes as being sort of the archetype of a beautiful, fluffy layer cake.

Yeah. Okay, well, imagine you have like, say you're a beginner baker, say you're a person that's always baked box cakes. And you're like, I want to try to make a cake from scratch. Like, where would you suggest people start? Because I do think there is the problem of people like wanting to run before they can walk, right?

Yeah. Okay, well, imagine you have like, say you're a beginner baker, say you're a person that's always baked box cakes. And you're like, I want to try to make a cake from scratch. Like, where would you suggest people start? Because I do think there is the problem of people like wanting to run before they can walk, right?

Like they sure, you know, they see something on Instagram, they're like, I'll make that thing.

Like they sure, you know, they see something on Instagram, they're like, I'll make that thing.

And when you say ingredients are mised out properly, you mean like you have them like measured or weighed and like ready to use? Exactly. Yeah.

And when you say ingredients are mised out properly, you mean like you have them like measured or weighed and like ready to use? Exactly. Yeah.